HIC at the IIHS Conference on Urban Equality in Bangalore (India)

This fourth edition of Urban ARC, the Annual Research Conference of the Indian Institute for Human Settlements (IIHS) will focus on the conceptual, theoretical and practical understanding of notions of equality and equity in the context of a rapidly urbanising world. More than 55 per cent of the world’s population now lives in urban regions (United […]

HIC at the IIHS Conference on Urban Equality in Bangalore (India)

Bangalore, India

This fourth edition of Urban ARC, the Annual Research Conference of the Indian Institute for Human Settlements (IIHS) will focus on the conceptual, theoretical and practical understanding of notions of equality and equity in the context of a rapidly urbanising world. More than 55 per cent of the world’s population now lives in urban regions (United […]

World Urban Forum 10 Abu Dhabi

The World Urban Forum, convened by UN-Habitat, has become one of the most relevant international gatherings on sustainable urban development. HIC will participate at the Tenth Session (WUF10) to advocate for sustainable and inclusive urban development, promoting the role of civil society in the implementation of international agendas: the Agenda 2030 and the New Urban […]

World Urban Forum 10 Abu Dhabi

Abu Dhabi , Emiratos Arabes Unidos

The World Urban Forum, convened by UN-Habitat, has become one of the most relevant international gatherings on sustainable urban development. The Global Platform for the Right to the City (GPR2C) and its members have successfully participated in several of the previous gatherings and consider the WUF an important forum to advocate for sustainable and inclusive […]

HIC participation in the 58th Session of the UN Commission on Social Development

The fifty-eighth session of the Commission for Social Development (CSocD58) will take place from 10 to 19 February 2020 in Conference Room 4, at the United Nations Headquarters in New York.  The Commission is the advisory body responsible for the social development pillar of global development. In 2020, we are celebrating the 75th anniversary of the Commission and the 25th […]

Session of the Commission on the Status of Women – CSW64 / Beijing+25 (2020)

In 2020, the global community will mark the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Fourth World Conference on Women and adoption of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action (1995). A five-year milestone will be reached towards achieving the Sustainable Development Goals of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. 2020 is therefore a pivotal year for the accelerated realization of gender equality […]

HIC regional meeting with Latin American Members

Proposed agenda: Actions taken by Members to ensure human rights related to Habitat during and beyond the COVID-19 crisis. Responses from state or municipal authorities. The meeting aims to learn the actions from other networks, articulations or individuals to face the Coronavirus crisis.

Virtual meeting with HIC Members in Africa

Working together during and beyond the COVID-19 outbreak to protect habitat’s rights As the COVID-19 emergency starts hitting Africa, we are calling a virtual meeting with all Members in the African region on Thursday 9th April (Please check the meeting schedule in your local time clicking here. The aim is to establish a space for collective learning […]

World Social Forum of Transformative Economies

The World Social Forum of Transformative Economies is the process of convergence of different local and international movements from the alternative economy, which we call transformative economies. The main objective of this process is to bring together social movements and projects which share the will to put people and the environment at the centre of the economy, […]